Usage of dishwasher

Tail Docker · 26-06-2014 08:09AM

Barely There wrote: »

More people are killed each year by dishwashers than by sharks.

Leave your knives pointing downwards in the cutlery tray!

We leave all ours pointing up, it keeps us alert and puts the fun back into dishes.

Teyla Emmagan · 26-06-2014 08:11AM

I love mine, wouldn't be without it.

MugMugs · 26-06-2014 08:14AM

I cook salmon in my dishwasher.

biko · 26-06-2014 08:31AM

They'd get more usage is they had a little light inside and a glass door.

vicwatson · 26-06-2014 08:36AM

Mines a male - Robert Bosch

gramar · 26-06-2014 08:49AM

My missus swears by the dishwasher. Loves it. Best thing about the kitchen.
She always gives out to me if I wash anything by hand.

Believe it or not we've had it for 4 years and I've never loaded it and unloaded it a handful of times. Just can't get into the routine of it.

Give me fairy liquid everytime....because hands that do dishes can be soft as your face......with mild green.....fairy liquuiidd

stoneill · 26-06-2014 08:52AM

MugMugs wrote: »

I cook salmon in my dishwasher.

I use a cooker.

26-06-2014 08:52AM

MugMugs wrote: »

I cook salmon in my dishwasher.

I saw one of those super-stinge shows where people who appear to have psych disorders live insane lives to "save money"
This woman got the most awful cuts of whatever meat leftovers and made a lasagne in the dishwasher while the dishes were being cleaned

apparently it tasted gross and soapy to everyone else but she was proud as punch

looking_around · 26-06-2014 10:01AM

A couple here,
and we use the dishwasher every 2-3days. To make sure it's full. Would prefer a smaller dishwasher but tis fine, wouldn't be without it now.

Cantona's Collars · 26-06-2014 10:12AM

Ours gets used when it's full.One of my neighbours was boasting that they only use theirs at Xmas.They put the kettle on (immersion is the devil in their house) to make a coffee after dinner and use the remaining hot water to wash up.I tried that once but barely had enough hot water to wash a couple of cups.
But they are the type of people who could become stars in the Stinginess thread.

logically · 26-06-2014 10:17AM

Our dishwasher is a storage place for jam jars and assorted bottles which we use for home made jam, chutneys etc.

There is never ending washing up in our house and there's only the three of us. My hands are in an awful state.

Dravokivich · 26-06-2014 10:18AM

bluewolf wrote: »

I saw one of those super-stinge shows where people who appear to have psych disorders live insane lives to "save money"
This woman got the most awful cuts of whatever meat leftovers and made a lasagne in the dishwasher while the dishes were being cleaned
apparently it tasted gross and soapy to everyone else but she was proud as punch

I saw that. They shared a light bulb in the house too. So if someone needed light in another room, they'd have to take the light bulb with'em to use it in the next room.

She also timed showers and used baby monitors to track how long people were in'em!

Day Lewin · 26-06-2014 10:25AM

Dishers are very useful where there is a big family and a whole day's worth of dishes; yes, its faster and saves the water and heating and labour; but that said, there's always quite a few items that can't or shouldn't be washed by machine: so I fill the sink once each day anyway...

My French carbon steel cooking knives...wooden cutting boards...things with handles glued on...delicate glass...

and sometimes very large pots, etc. can be quick to rinse, scrub, drain - while they would have taken up nearly all the room in the machine!

caustic 1 · 26-06-2014 10:29AM

Wouldn't be without it, don't mind emptying it or filling it either. Bound to be easier than boiling the kettle for warm water every time the dishes have to be washed when you can build them up and one wash does the lot.

folan · 26-06-2014 10:32AM

my dishwasher is going through a huge amount of salt and rinse aid, and my dishes are coming out with dirt and some residue on them.

i prefer hand washing too.

chosen1 · 26-06-2014 10:36AM

When I house shared with a girl a few years back, she was the type to make breakfast or lunch for herself and put on the dishwasher for a few items.

We ended up taking the fuse out of it to let on it was broken.

What's even more annoying is people using knifes and items that will be needed later for dinner or something and you have to find them unwashed in the dishwasher and hand clean them yourself.

I'd only ever use it if I'm cooking for a large amount of people and will be guaranteed it's full after one meal

mad muffin · 26-06-2014 10:53AM

folan wrote: »

my dishwasher is going through a huge amount of salt and rinse aid, and my dishes are coming out with dirt and some residue on them.

i prefer hand washing too.

Maybe it's time to clean the filter?

We've had ours for 14 years and it's used every couple of days when it's full.
The only thing washed by hand are pots and pans and anything that gets used several times a day.

gramar · 26-06-2014 10:54AM

logically wrote: »

Our dishwasher is a storage place for jam jars and assorted bottles which we use for home made jam, chutneys etc.

There is never ending washing up in our house and there's only the three of us. My hands are in an awful state.

I refer you to my earlier post....

....because hands that do dishes can be soft as your face......with mild green.....fairy liquuiidd.....

suicide_circus · 26-06-2014 11:04AM

Two us in a flat with a small kitchen and a tiny cheap dishwasher so all wash up is done by hand. We dont have enough cutlery etc to let it build up over3 days. The dishwasher only does a good job of cleaning when it's on the hottest setting so deffo not economical. Only use it very rarely like after a party or when too hungover to deal with cleaning

logically · 26-06-2014 12:57PM

gramar wrote: »

I refer you to my earlier post....

....because hands that do dishes can be soft as your face......with mild green.....fairy liquuiidd.....

I should just get gloves. No matter what washing up liquid one uses, ones hands will get rough.

RoiSoleil · 26-06-2014 02:28PM

In the same vein, I think every house in Ireland in the 80s had a dryer that you were never allowed use.

Sir Arthur Daley · 26-06-2014 10:50PM

folan wrote: »

my dishwasher is going through a huge amount of salt and rinse aid, and my dishes are coming out with dirt and some residue on them.

Excessive salt and rinse aid are not the reason for that, your spinners must be partially blocked or restricted in movement.
You can also adjust the consumption of salt and rinse aid also.

Day Lewin · 27-06-2014 12:12AM

I always wonder why they need salt anyway: if you live in a hard-water area, fair enough: but the water in Dublin is soft as butter and we've had kettles for ten years without a flake of lime in them; yet the dishwasher puts on a little tantrum if we don't feed the special salt into it from time to time.

If there is a residue on the dishes, take up the strainers and spinning arms and check they are not blocked with lemon pips, fish bones, or scraps of broken glass.

Sir Arthur Daley · 27-06-2014 12:29AM

katemarch wrote: »

the dishwasher puts on a little tantrum if we don't feed the special salt into it from time to time.

In what way does yours put on a tantrum?

SpaceTime · 27-06-2014 12:32AM

Modern dishwashers actually use LESS water and electricity than washing by hand and do a very significantly better job!

ford fiesta · 27-06-2014 12:52AM

Dishwashers should really be fitted on a height at arm level, as it is a pain bending down to fill them and empty....uncomfortable if you have just eaten a meal!

fillefatale · 27-06-2014 10:09AM

Used as decoration and storage in our house. My mum would go spare if you suggested it at Christmas, same thing happens if the immersion is left on for longer than 10 minutes.

Demonical · 27-06-2014 11:00AM

chosen1 wrote: »

When I house shared with a girl a few years back, she was the type to make breakfast or lunch for herself and put on the dishwasher for a few items.

We ended up taking the fuse out of it to let on it was broken.

What's even more annoying is people using knifes and items that will be needed later for dinner or something and you have to find them unwashed in the dishwasher and hand clean them yourself.

I'd only ever use it if I'm cooking for a large amount of people and will be guaranteed it's full after one meal

My house mate is like that also. I always hand wash things we have only one of including pots and pans yet she throws everything in the dishwasher. As a result, when I need them I have to wash them before I use them and after I use them, so annoying. She also delights in putting things with caked on or burnt food in the dish washer which, when it's turned on it never seems to clean properly so I have to scrub them anyway. Dishwasher is a curse in our house because I have to do twice as much work with it.

SpaceTime · 27-06-2014 04:52PM

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Excessive salt and rinse aid are not the reason for that, your spinners must be partially blocked or restricted in movement.
You can also adjust the consumption of salt and rinse aid also.

You might also check that the filter is installed properly and not broken.
If the filter isn't seated properly, it will just pump dirty water with lumps of food in it back onto your dishes again.

Also check the spray arms aren't blocked. They're usually removable and you can give them a clean out with the tap! This is only really necessary if someone's managed to put the filter in the wrong way as it shouldn't be possible for food particles to get into the wash system.

Tarzana · 27-06-2014 05:18PM

I run my dishwasher every second day in nightsaver hours. I'd wash a few poteens and stuff at the sink every day. But I really love my dishwasher.

As mentioned above though, they don't work in houseshares.

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